Press Play with Madeleine Brand
How fear of litigation is a driving force in journalism
One of the main reasons the Harvey Weinstein stories didn’t get out sooner was that the Hollywood press couldn’t -- or wouldn’t -- publish them. KCRW’s Kim Masters has a story about another big executive: Amazon’s Roy Price.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readOne of the main reasons the Harvey Weinstein stories didn’t get out sooner was that the Hollywood press couldn’t -- or wouldn’t -- publish them. KCRW’s Kim Masters has a story about another big executive: Amazon’s Roy Price. She tried to get several national outlets to publish her story about allegations of sexual harassment against Price, but all refused. She finally published it on a tech website, and then after Weinstein, everything changed.
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Why is it so hard to publish stories critical of powerful men?- 0:00How fear of litigation is a driving force in journalismYou’re reading this
- 9:51Sacramento lawmakers sign letter on culture of sexual harassment
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The full episode
1 of 3Why is it so hard to publish stories critical of powerful men?- 0:00How fear of litigation is a driving force in journalismYou’re reading this
- 9:51Sacramento lawmakers sign letter on culture of sexual harassment
- 19:01There Goes the Neighborhood: The effects of house flipping